"Sources say at least one Cubs official was floating the idea of asking veteran Greg Maddux to serve as pitching coach, as well as resuming his Hall of Fame career on the mound if Larry Rothschild had accepted an offer from the Detroit Tigers."
-- Chicago Tribune

Please, for the love of God and all that is holy, go to Detroit Larry.

Okay, so it would cut into Maddux's golf schedule, but this would be a dream come true. No more wasted Cubbie arms seems like a good idea to me.

Is there anything fluffier than a cloud?If there is, I don't want to know about it.

David, I understand what you are saying and I would love to see more former players as coaches but I believe that many of them aren't motivated to be coaches. Think about the power they have once they retire. They don't have to work again from the age of about 37 on. If they came back to coach they wouldn't be making near the money that they would make as players. Why not just stay home with your family? While I'm sure that the love of the game could drive some players to be coaches I doubt that we'll see it be a wide spread movement.

I would love to see Maddux become the pitching coach of the Cubs. Maybe it would lead me to push alittle harder to try and pick up Prior during this offseason.

maddox has been a pitching coach for about 10 years now.... when he was with the braves in the mid 90s it was nothing to see millwood, neagle, schmidt, and all the other young braves pitchers sitting beside maddox when neither was pitching.... i think he will make a great pitching coach once he decides to hang up the glove,,,, but as far as doing the actual job while still playing,, i think that would be a bit of a mistake(it would probably be a little bit too much, especially considering his love for golf on his off days)..... but it would be awesome to see him come hook the Starting pitcher and insert himself on the mound

Music2004Man wrote:David, I understand what you are saying and I would love to see more former players as coaches but I believe that many of them aren't motivated to be coaches. Think about the power they have once they retire. They don't have to work again from the age of about 37 on. If they came back to coach they wouldn't be making near the money that they would make as players. Why not just stay home with your family? While I'm sure that the love of the game could drive some players to be coaches I doubt that we'll see it be a wide spread movement.

I would love to see Maddux become the pitching coach of the Cubs. Maybe it would lead me to push alittle harder to try and pick up Prior during this offseason.

I'd say players want to come back and coach because of the natural teaching trait many people seem to have. Players wouldn't be coming back for the money necessarily, but to help others succeed. Plus, once your kids have grown up and the ballplayers are just sitting around the home for, oh, 5 years, I'm sure they'd like to get out and do something again

...Boston papers now and then suffer a sharp flurry of arithmetic on this score; indeed, for Williams to have distributed all his hits so they did nobody else any good would constitute a feat of placement unparalleled in the annals of selfishness. -Updike

Don't forget not all great players can make great teachers. Though Maddux looks like the kind of guy who can become a great coach, I can see why most star players should just retire peacefully into a quiet life. Can you imagine Manny Ramirez or Barry Bonds becoming hitting coaches one day? I think that'll do more harm to the clubhouse than good.